Catching up on columns, Cain and a cross-dressing correction
When we first started Brentwood Home Page, I wrote a column a day. And it about killed me.
“Susan, there’s not a columnist in the country that writes a column every day,” husband Larry said.
Smart man. So I vowed to write three columns a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. And for about a year, I did a pretty good job of hitting my goal.
In recent months, as BHP has grown along with the demands of running a business, it’s been more hit or miss. Some weeks there’s one, sometimes there are three.
I’m not happy about that. To read the rest of the article click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
Monday, October 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
'Leadership' answers and a silver anniversary celebration...
Want to know what Leadership Brentwood class member was the target of a murder attempt, and what one let Reese Witherspoon have her role in “Man in the Moon”? I’m here to tell you.
If you missed last week’s column that shared “interesting facts” about LBW’s Class of 2012, you can click here for background. If you want to learn more about the class members below as well as the rest of the class, click here.
Who was offered a full scholarship to the Pittsburgh Institute of Art? Matt Boyd, who also has run the Chicago Marathon twice, in 2002 and 2004.
Who once headlined a concert at the Kennedy Center? Educator Deb Enright.
Who was once a target of an attempted murder? ...
To read the rest of the column click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Click here to read previous columns. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
Want to know what Leadership Brentwood class member was the target of a murder attempt, and what one let Reese Witherspoon have her role in “Man in the Moon”? I’m here to tell you.
If you missed last week’s column that shared “interesting facts” about LBW’s Class of 2012, you can click here for background. If you want to learn more about the class members below as well as the rest of the class, click here.
Who was offered a full scholarship to the Pittsburgh Institute of Art? Matt Boyd, who also has run the Chicago Marathon twice, in 2002 and 2004.
Who once headlined a concert at the Kennedy Center? Educator Deb Enright.
Who was once a target of an attempted murder? ...
To read the rest of the column click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Click here to read previous columns. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Target of attempted murder now in Leadership Brentwood, and more
My birthday isn’t for another month, but I felt old, really old, last week at the Class of 2012 Leadership Brentwood kickoff reception. If it wasn’t for the wine and beer bar, I would have sworn I had walked into a Youth Leadership Brentwood event.
I stood with my mouth open as class member after class member was introduced. Yes, a handful may have hit 40, even 50, but most looked like they were 17. What’s more, their resumes left me feeling like I had a great big L on my forehead – and I don’t think I was the only one who felt that way.
Read the bios for yourself in our Business section. But today I’d like to share “the rest of the story.” Each year the LBW application asks candidates to list an “interesting fact” about themselves. If I didn’t know a lot of these people myself, I would believe most of the facts were made up. But liars shouldn’t be leaders, right?
To read the rest of the article click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Click here to read previous columns. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
My birthday isn’t for another month, but I felt old, really old, last week at the Class of 2012 Leadership Brentwood kickoff reception. If it wasn’t for the wine and beer bar, I would have sworn I had walked into a Youth Leadership Brentwood event.
I stood with my mouth open as class member after class member was introduced. Yes, a handful may have hit 40, even 50, but most looked like they were 17. What’s more, their resumes left me feeling like I had a great big L on my forehead – and I don’t think I was the only one who felt that way.
Read the bios for yourself in our Business section. But today I’d like to share “the rest of the story.” Each year the LBW application asks candidates to list an “interesting fact” about themselves. If I didn’t know a lot of these people myself, I would believe most of the facts were made up. But liars shouldn’t be leaders, right?
To read the rest of the article click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Click here to read previous columns. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
Jingle Bell lives on in pictures; snake sighting
A Brentwood celebrity passed away recently just shy of her 17th birthday. Nearly blind and deaf, she “had few teeth left” and severe arthritis. “But she never lost her sweetness and love of affection,” wrote her mom, Brentwood Realtor Cheryl Ballesteros.
For years, Jingle Bell adorned the marketing postcards Cheryl sent to her clients almost every month. I’m pretty sure that dot had more outfits than the biggest clothes horse in Brentwood. And every time one arrived in the mail, I couldn’t help but smile.
To read the rest of the article click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Click here to read previous columns. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
A Brentwood celebrity passed away recently just shy of her 17th birthday. Nearly blind and deaf, she “had few teeth left” and severe arthritis. “But she never lost her sweetness and love of affection,” wrote her mom, Brentwood Realtor Cheryl Ballesteros.
For years, Jingle Bell adorned the marketing postcards Cheryl sent to her clients almost every month. I’m pretty sure that dot had more outfits than the biggest clothes horse in Brentwood. And every time one arrived in the mail, I couldn’t help but smile.
To read the rest of the article click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Click here to read previous columns. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
Monday, August 8, 2011
All's 'Fair' in line dancing competition, or is it?
It’s a conspiracy I say.
We all know Williamson County residents who don’t live in Brentwood are jealous of those of us who do. So after the Boot, Scoot and Boogey Line dancing competition that kicked off the Williamson County Fair on Friday was over, I wasn’t surprised to learn that Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson and Franklin Mayor Ken Moore had received the most applause -- which led to a tie for first place.
To read the rest of the article click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Click here to read previous columns. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
It’s a conspiracy I say.
We all know Williamson County residents who don’t live in Brentwood are jealous of those of us who do. So after the Boot, Scoot and Boogey Line dancing competition that kicked off the Williamson County Fair on Friday was over, I wasn’t surprised to learn that Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson and Franklin Mayor Ken Moore had received the most applause -- which led to a tie for first place.
To read the rest of the article click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Click here to read previous columns. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
'Limo service' of the blue-light variety quite a ride
So that’s what riding in the back of a police car feels like. Not experienced it yourself? Be grateful.
There’s not much leg room and you can’t open the door. You can’t roll down the window either.
You do have a personal chauffeur that you talk to through a sliding window made from bullet-proof glass between the front and back seats. But there’s no champagne, no surround sound stereo system, no plush carpet. The black seats may have been leather but I wasn’t paying too much attention when I got my lift just after midnight on Monday morning.
So much for an uneventful re-entry into real life after a splendid week on the beach in Hilton Head.
To read the rest of the article click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Click here to read previous columns. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
So that’s what riding in the back of a police car feels like. Not experienced it yourself? Be grateful.
There’s not much leg room and you can’t open the door. You can’t roll down the window either.
You do have a personal chauffeur that you talk to through a sliding window made from bullet-proof glass between the front and back seats. But there’s no champagne, no surround sound stereo system, no plush carpet. The black seats may have been leather but I wasn’t paying too much attention when I got my lift just after midnight on Monday morning.
So much for an uneventful re-entry into real life after a splendid week on the beach in Hilton Head.
To read the rest of the article click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Click here to read previous columns. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
Monday, August 1, 2011
On beach reads, Borders and Brentwood's UFO sighting
It’s amazing what a week at the beach can do for the soul. The Leathers – the whole family plus mom-in-law Marge and “daughter” Samantha, our 13-year-old brown golden retriever – had our first real family vacation in almost three years.
Overdue? You can say that again.
The best thing about a beach vacation? Reading, of course. And I’m so happy to report that I didn’t see one Kindle or iPad or other e-reader in the hands of one person lounging on the shores at Sea Pines. At the beach where sand, sweat, suntan lotion and saltwater rule, only a good paperback will do.
To read the rest of the article click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Click here to read previous columns. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
It’s amazing what a week at the beach can do for the soul. The Leathers – the whole family plus mom-in-law Marge and “daughter” Samantha, our 13-year-old brown golden retriever – had our first real family vacation in almost three years.
Overdue? You can say that again.
The best thing about a beach vacation? Reading, of course. And I’m so happy to report that I didn’t see one Kindle or iPad or other e-reader in the hands of one person lounging on the shores at Sea Pines. At the beach where sand, sweat, suntan lotion and saltwater rule, only a good paperback will do.
To read the rest of the article click here.
Susan Leathers is editor of Brentwood Home Page. Click here to read previous columns. Email her at susan@brentwoodhomepage.com
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